Based on a critical analysis of recent Canadian and British media, academic, and political representations
of rave, in conjunction with the author's and ten female interviewees' past experiences as active rave
participants, ...

In this thesis I explore how the material properties of plant seed enter the
political discourses of the international peasant coalition the Via Campesina and
coalition member the National Fanners Union of Canada (NFU), ...

This thesis aims to uncover the ways that previously homeless women in the
Niagara region are able (or unable) to rely on friends, family and service providers in
times of crisis (homelessness and poverty). Eleven women ...

This research uses the work of Pierre Bourdieu as a starting point for an
examination of women's experiences during the pre-tenure stages of their
academic career. This thesis is based on six semi-structured interviews ...

This study applies a Marxist theoretical paradigm to examine the working conditions of
greenhouse workers in the Niagara Region, and the range of factors that bear upon the formation
of their class-consciousness. The ...

In this thesis, I argue that the mutually productive relationship between women (as
gendered subjects) and cellular phone technology is one of control. Women use cellular
phones to organize, manage and otherwise control ...

This thesis uses a multifaceted process to engage with the topic of food sovereignty in
California. It employs diverse methods, including critical and creative prose, photography,
autoethnographic mixed media, storytelling ...

This thesis, based on the results of an organizational ethnography of a university-based
feminist organization in Southern Ontario (the Centre), traces how third wave feminism
is being constituted in the goals, initiatives, ...

This thesis analyzes the practices and experiences of two groups of Canadian volunteers who
visited the organic fanning and "alternative development" project ofFinca la Flor (FLF) in
central Costa Rica. Using both ...